Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Brothers Volcano, Kermadec-Tonga Trench, Pacific Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 258364
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258364.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brothers Volcano, Kermadec-Tonga Trench, Pacific Ocean": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°53'"S
Longitude: 179°4'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.883333333333,179.06666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Alunite	Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corrensite	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite
Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Heulandite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tamarugite	Titanite
Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Birnessite ()*	Bornite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Clinoptilolite-Na ()*
Corrensite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Saponite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Titanite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Ba Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Arsenopyrite Baryte Clay Clinozoisite Corrensite Corundum Covellite Cristobalite
Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar Heulandite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Sulphur Tamarugite Titanite
Wurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	178
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	309
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Heulandite	Na₆(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	24
Corrensite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)₉(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀·nH₂O	49
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	128
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	87
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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